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*The [[British Museum]] obtains the art collection of [[William Anderson]], and appoints him curator. | *The [[British Museum]] obtains the art collection of [[William Anderson]], and appoints him curator. | ||
*The [[Second Domestic Exposition]] is held. | *The [[Second Domestic Exposition]] is held. | ||
| + | *The [[General Staff Office]] of the [[Imperial Japanese Army]], a major public building in [[Tokyo]], is completed. | ||
*The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded. | *The [[Genyosha|Gen'yôsha]] (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded. | ||
*The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later. | *The [[Meiji Emperor]] declares he will establish a [[National Diet]] nine years later. | ||
Revision as of 15:49, 15 March 2015
Meiji 14 (明治十四年)
Timeline of 1881
- 1881/1 Construction begins on the Rokumeikan.
- 1881/1/5 Japanese ambassador to China Shishido Tamaki informs the Chinese government that he considers the dispute over sovereignty over the Ryûkyû Islands to be settled.
- 1881/1/20 Shishido departs Peking.
- 1881/3/4 King David Kalākaua of Hawaiʻi arrives in Yokohama. He becomes the first reigning monarch of a foreign country to visit Japan freely (i.e. not as a prisoner). During his 19-day stay in Japan, he meets with Emperor Meiji, proposes Japanese immigration to Hawaii, and suggests a marriage between Princess Kaiulani and Prince Yamashina Sadamaro (ultimately, the Japanese reject this latter proposition). Nagasaki Seigo serves as Kalakaua's interpreter and is later awarded the Royal Order of Kalākaua.
- 1881/3/22 Kalākaua departs Nagasaki for Shanghai.
Other Events of 1881
- The British Museum obtains the art collection of William Anderson, and appoints him curator.
- The Second Domestic Exposition is held.
- The General Staff Office of the Imperial Japanese Army, a major public building in Tokyo, is completed.
- The Gen'yôsha (Black Ocean Society), an organization dedicated to lobbying for expansion into Korea, is founded.
- The Meiji Emperor declares he will establish a National Diet nine years later.
- The Meiji Emperor visits Hokkaidô.
- The territory formerly defining Obama han, previously a part of Shiga prefecture, is absorbed into Fukui prefecture.
- The ni-no-maru of Kanazawa castle is destroyed by fire.
- The home of artist Kobayashi Kiyochika, along with his possessions, is destroyed by fire.
- Ômura Shigenobu founds the Progressive Party (Kaishintô).
- Prince Albert and his younger brother Prince George visit Japan.
- The first Western-style songbook is published in Japan; it contains the original adaptation of "Auld Lang Syne" into Hotaru no hikari.
- The Tokyo National Museum opens in its current location, organized around a two-story brick building designed by Josiah Conder.
- Uesugi Mochinori succeeds Nabeshima Naoyoshi as Governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
Births and Deaths
- 1881/3/13 Emperor Alexander II of Russia is killed.
- Painter Kawakami Tôgai dies (b. 1827).
- Langdon Warner is born (d. 1955).
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